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	Oxycontin® - Drug Info - Parents - The Anti-Drug
		OxyContin® is a prescription painkiller used for moderate to high pain relief associated with injuries, bursitis, dislocation, fractures, neuralgia, arthritis, lower back pain and pain associated with cancer.
		OxyContin® produces opiate-like effects and is sometimes used as a substitute for heroin.
		OxyContin® is the only drug for which the 2005 MTF reported an increase among all three graders combined: past year use increased from 2.7 percent in 2002 to 3.4 percent in 2005, an increase of 26 percent.
	www.theantidrug.com /drug_info/prescription_oxycontin.asp (370 words)

	OxyContin Information from Narconon International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		OxyContin is the brand name for an opioid analgesic containing the active ingredient oxycodone (also found in Percocet and Percodan).
		OxyContin is a controlled-release medication that, when used correctly, provides extended relief of pain associated with cancer, back pain, or arthritis.
		Using OxyContin chronically can result in increased tolerance to the drug in which higher doses of the medication must be taken to receive the initial effect.
	www.narconon.org /druginfo/oxycontin_information.htm (377 words)

	OxyContin Drug Addiction Information & Treatment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		OxyContin is the brand name for a semisynthetic opioid analgesic containing the active ingredient oxycodone (also found in Percocet, Percodan, and Tylox).
		OxyContin is a legal narcotic that is available, by prescription, to treat severe chronic or long-lasting pain.
		OxyContin abusers either crush the tablet and ingest or snort it or dilute it in water and inject it.
	www.stopaddiction.com /narconon_drugs_oxycontin.html (1364 words)

	OxyContin
		OxyContin is a controlled-release form of the narcotic painkiller oxycodone.
		OxyContin is not intended for the relief of postoperative pain unless you've already been taking the drug or the pain is expected to last for an extended period.
		OxyContin is not prescribed for brief periods or for mild pain.
	www.healthsquare.com /newrx/oxy1625.htm (1162 words)

	OxyContin Questions and Answers
		OxyContin is intended to help relieve pain that is moderate to severe in intensity, when that pain is present all the time, and expected to continue for a long time.
		OxyContin may interfere with your ability to do certain things that require your full attention.
		OxyContin is only intended for moderate to severe pain that is present on a daily basis and that requires a very strong pain reliever.
	www.fda.gov /cder/drug/infopage/oxycontin/oxycontin-qa.htm (996 words)

	OxyContin FAQ
		DEA’s approach to dealing with the abuse and diversion of OxyContin® is consistent with the methods normally used in combating the diversion of pharmaceutical controlled substances.
		These approaches include liaison with the heathcare community, the pharmaceutical industry, and other domestic and international agencies; education of medical professionals regarding various scams that are used to obtain controlled substances for illicit purposes; and the investigation of suspected diverters.
		All quotas are reviewed annually to ensure that the amount of controlled substances produced are sufficient to meet the legitimate medical, scientific, research, and industrial needs of the U.S. This review includes a yearly forecast of expected changes in medical use, data from prescription and hospital use, as well as abuse, trafficking and diversion data.
	www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov /drugs_concern/oxycodone/oxycontin_faq.htm (1421 words)

	Drug Information OxyContin
		Because of this, OxyContin should not be combined with other substances that slow down breathing, such as alcohol, antihistamines (like some cold or allergy medication), barbiturates, or benzodiazepines.
		OxyContin is the brand name for an opioid analgesic containing the active ingredient oxycodone.
		However, often when the drug is abused, the tablets are crushed and snorted, chewed, or mixed with water and injected- eliminating the time-release factor and allowing for a quick and intense rush to the brain.
	www.narconon.ca /oxycontin.htm (886 words)

	Newly Approved Drug Therapies (120): OxyContin (oxycodone HCl controlled-release), Purdue Pharma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		OxyContin is contraindicated in subjects with known hypersensitivity to oxycodone, or in any situation where opioids are contraindicated.
		OxyContin, like all opioid analgesics, may cause severe hypotension in an individual whose ability to maintain blood pressure has been compromised by a depleted blood volume, or after concurrent administration with drugs such as phenothiazines or other agents which compromise vasomotor tone.
		OxyContin, like all opioid analgesics, should be administered with caution to subjects in circulatory shock, since vasodilation produced by the drug may further reduce cardiac output and blood pressure.
	www.centerwatch.com /patient/drugs/dru120.html (454 words)

	Oxycontin Lawyers — Missouri Drug Injury Attorneys, Dangerous Drug Litigation, Painkiller Addiction
		OxyContin is intended for use by terminal cancer patients and chronic pain sufferers as a pain reliever.
		OxyContin tablets are a controlled-release oral formulation of oxycodone hydrochloride indicated for the management of moderate to severe pain when a continuous analgesic is needed for an extended period of time.
		Combining OxyContin with some other types of medication such as sleeping pills, tranquilizers, and other pain medications may be dangerous due to the risk of interactions of these medications that can result in injury or death.
	www.brownandcrouppen.com /oxycontin.html (1647 words)

	Oxycontin
		OxyContin is habit forming and should only be used under close supervision by patients with an alcohol or drug addiction.
		OxyContin is in the FDA pregnancy category B. This means that it is unlikely to cause birth defects.
		OxyContin may cause addiction and withdrawal symptoms, difficulty breathing, and sedation in a nursing infant.
	www.drugs.com /oxycontin.html (1372 words)

	Action Plan to Prevent the Diversion and Abuse of OxyContin®
		The pharmacological effects of OxyContin®, a brand name formulation of the Schedule II narcotic oxycodone, make it attractive to abusers as it offers reliable strength and dosage levels and may, in some instances, be covered by the abuser's health insurance.
		OxyContin® is a Schedule II controlled release form of the narcotic oxycodone manufactured by Purdue Pharma L.P. in 10mg, 20mg, 40mg, 80mg, and 160mg tablets.
		OxyContin® has become a target for diverters and abusers of controlled substances because of the larger amounts of the active ingredient in relation to other previous oxycodone products and the ability of abusers to easily compromise the controlled release formulation.
	www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov /drugs_concern/oxycodone/abuse_oxy.htm (1575 words)

	Oxycontin
		Oxycontin is an extremely addictive and deathlier version of the highly addictive narcotic oxycodone.
		Oxycontin tablets contain large amounts of narcotic which is supposed to be gradually released, but if chewed is released in an immediate and powerful surge of narcotics.
		Oxycontin Killing Thousands: Of the 919 drug abuse cases, the vast majority (96.7%) were multiple drug abuse deaths in which there was at least one other plausible contributory drug in addition to oxycodone.
	www.modern-psychiatry.com /oxycontin.htm (6813 words)

	OxyContin Fast Facts
		OxyContin, a trade name for the narcotic oxycodone hydrochloride, is a painkiller available in the United States only by prescription.
		OxyContin is legitimately prescribed for relief of moderate to severe pain resulting from injuries, bursitis, neuralgia, arthritis, and cancer.
		OxyContin is a Schedule II substance under the Controlled Substances Act.
	www.usdoj.gov /ndic/pubs6/6025 (457 words)

	OxyContin and Addiction \| AHealthyMe.com
		OxyContin is one of many opioids that are used for chronic pain management.
		Fear of physical dependence is no reason to avoid taking OxyContin if it is part of a necessary medical regimen, but individuals who have had a past or current history of substance abuse should take them under close supervision by a doctor.
		Instead, she says that most people addicted to OxyContin are better tapering off the drug with the supervision of a medical professional, and battling through the withdrawal until they are completely opioid-free.
	www.ahealthyme.com /topic/oxycontin (1741 words)

	OxyContin Awareness and its other dangers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Oxycodone-related deaths are on the rise across the nation and the deaths in Philadelphia have skyrocketed from from 17 in 1999 to 41 in 2000 and already 40 as of 6/27/01.
		Oxycontin suppresses the respiratory system and when combined with alcohol or other depressants it is often DEADLY.
		OxyContin is a leading treatment for chronic pain, but official fear it may succeed crack cocaine on the street...
	www.oxyabusekills.com (2105 words)

	OxyContin Awareness - How To Battle Oxy Abuse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The trail of addiction and death due to the Oxycontin epidemic was fueled by the over prescribing and easy street access to this powerful narcotic.
		Purdue Pharma reported they were shocked that people were crushing OxyContin in spite of the proof that Purdue Pharma was warned that this had also happened to another one of their time-released drugs, MS Contin.
		Purdue Pharma approached the FDA for OxyContin’s approval, claiming that their “research” revealed that less than 1% of those who used the drug would become addicted; however, recent media reports refute that claim, contending that Purdue Pharma had evidence that the addiction rate would be much higher.
	www.oxyabusekills.com /katey.html (1596 words)

	Oxycontin Effects \| Oxycontin Side Effects \| What Is Oxycontin?
		OxyContin (oxycodone HCI controlled-release) is the brand name for an opioid analgesic (pain reliever) -- a narcotic.
		OxyContin is available in tablet form in 5 doses: 10, 20, 40, 80, and 160mg.
		Oxycontin abusers remove the sustained-release coating to get a rapid release of the medication, causing a rush of euphoria similar to heroin.
	www.drugfree.org /Portal/drug_guide/OxyContin (380 words)

	Research on Drugs: Inhalants
		OxyContin is the brand name for an opioid analgesic containing the active ingredient Oxycodone (also found in Percoset and Percodan).
		OxyContin is a legal narcotic (or a controlled substance) that is available, by prescription, to treat severe pain.
		Often the pills are crushed and the powder is snorted, chewed, or cooked to inject.
	www.acde.org /common/OxyContin.htm (405 words)

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	Oxycodone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		OxyContin is available in 10, 15, 20, 30, 40, 60, 80, and 160 mg tablets, and, due to its sustained-release mechanism, is effective for eight to twelve hours.
		Jason Mewes was addicted to OxyContin and heroin at the same time until he weaned himself off.
		It has multiple patents for their drug OxyContin, but has recently been involved in a series of on going legal battles deciding on whether or not these patents are valid.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oxycontin (2625 words)

	COURTTV.COM- TOP NEWS
		Gilbert and Man may be poster towns for the OxyContin "epidemic," but a rash of addictions afflicts the East Coast, forcing police, prosecutors, and even the drugmaker, to find ways of stemming diversion of the drug to illegal uses.
		In that state, new legislation making possession of a large number of OxyContin tablets a felony (it used to be a misdemeanor) could halt pushers from supplying the tablets, each of which can yield more than $80 in profit each.
		In danger of being forgotten in the OxyContin epidemic are those who depend on the drug for legitimate pain relief — the terminally ill cancer patients and chronic pain sufferers.
	www.courttv.com /news/feature/oxycontin_ctv.html (2368 words)

	Wichita, KS Oxycontin Lawyers, Kansas Prescription Drug Attorneys, Black Box Warning
		OxyContin is unique because of its time-release formula that enables a larger dose to be administered at one time and releases the drug into the blood stream over the course of twelve hours.
		OxyContin is manufactured by Purdue Pharma, who has been criticized for failing to provide adequate warning of the risk of addiction associated with the drug.
		If you were prescribed OxyContin, you may be entitled to file a legal claim against the drug maker for negligence in product labeling and marketing.
	www.paulhoganllc.com /dangerous_drugs_oxycontin.html (560 words)

	Common Sense for Drug Policy: Pain Management & Drug Control Policy
		OxyContin's controlled-release formulation, which made the drug beneficial for the relief of moderate-to-severe pain over an extended period of time, enabled the drug to contain more of the active ingredient oxycodone than other, non-controlled-release oxycodone-containing drugs.
		OxyContin's controlled-release formulation, which delayed the drug's absorption, also led FDA to include language in the original label stating that OxyContin had a lower potential for abuse than other oxycodone products.
		Litigation was stayed earlier this year when the plaintiffs in a South Carolina OxyContin case filed a motion to have the lawsuits heard through multidistrict litigation, which is used to consolidate the handling of discovery and other pretrial proceedings in similar claims nationwide.
	www.csdp.org /news/news/oxycontin.htm (15544 words)

	DEA, Drug Information, OxyContin Home
		Instances of abuse of this drug have increased in recent years.
		Publication: Working to Prevent the Diversion and Abuse of Oxycontin
		DEA’s Action Plan to Prevent the Diversion and Abuse of OxyContin
	www.usdoj.gov /dea/concern/oxycodone.html (79 words)

	Oxycontin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		OxyContin is a prescription painkiller that is often prescribed to terminal cancer patients,
		This site was generated in February 2001 when, after a story about a crime spree in West Michigan by a group of as many as thirty people, was followed by similar stories from across the nation.
		Purdue Pharma of Richmond, Va., the maker of OxyContin, pledged to increase education and oversight of the drug.
	www.preventcrime.net /streetdrug.htm (546 words)

	OxyContin definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms
		OxyContin: A prescription painkiller that has become a popular and dangerous recreational drug.
		OxyContin is a time-release morphine-like narcotic intended to relieve chronic pain of moderate to severe proportions.
		The active ingredient in OxyContin is oxycodone, an opioid, a close relative of morphine, heroin, codeine, fentanyl, and methadone.
	www.medterms.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=17908 (182 words)

	The New York Times' Other WMD Problem
		The paper also apologized for having “created the misleading impression that most oxycodone overdoses resulted from patients taking the drug to relieve pain from medical conditions” — or to recall October’s tremulous cadences of outrage, “They were legitimate patients who went to their doctors seeking relief from pain associated with an injury or sickness.
		In fact, the disaggregated DAWN data show that the number of actual OxyContin “mentions” (that is, the number of times OxyContin was recorded in an emergency department visit due to drug abuse or a suicide attempt) went from zero in 1996 to four in 1997 to 527 in 1998 to 1,178 in 1999.
		In other words, there was a correlation between the media’s frenetic coverage of OxyContin, which began during the February 2001 sweeps, and the sharp increase in emergency room mentions of abuse during and after this time period.
	www.stats.org /stories/2004/NYT_other_wmd_aug06_04.htm (3538 words)

	Oxycontin Side Effects, and Drug Interactions - Oxycodone HCl - RxList Monographs
		In open-label studies of cancer pain, 187 patients received OxyContin
		These events are dose-dependent, and their frequency depends upon the dose, the clinical setting, the patient’s level of opioid tolerance, and host factors specific to the individual.
		In many cases the frequency of these events during initiation of therapy may be minimized by careful individualization of starting dosage, slow titration, and the avoidance of large swings in the plasma concentrations of the opioid.
	www.rxlist.com /cgi/generic3/oxycontin_ad.htm (495 words)

	Oxycontin
		Oxycontin is oxycodone as in Percocet without the tylenol and in a larger time-released dosage (your body rarely runs out).
		Oxycontin is not a drug to fool around with as one can discover on this site.
		I have heard that oxycontin if taken for a long period of time will eventually turn your collen fl or cause serious damage to your collen.
	www.medhelp.org /perl6/Addiction/messages/30465a.html (1115 words)

	Untitled Document
		Oxycontin is indicated for moderate to severe pain requiring continuous, around-the-clock analgesia for an extended period of time.
		Oxycontin must be taken whole-pills cannot be cut or crushed; Oxycontin is not indicated for rectal administration.
		Oxycontin is more expensive than other long-acting oral opioids; the Veteran Affairs Pharmacy Benefits Management Oxycontin Clinical Guideline indicates that Oxycontin is 6.5-10 times more expensive than controlled release morphine products.
	www.eperc.mcw.edu /fastFact/ff_80.htm (412 words)

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